Water Lilies (French: Naissance des Pieuvres meaning "birth of the octopuses") is a 2007 French film and the debut as a screenwriter and director of Céline Sciamma.The film was selected for screening at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, and won both the 2007 Prix de la jeunesse atCabourg Romantic Film Festival and the 2007 Prix Louis-Delluc.
The film secured three nominations for the 2008 César Awards; Céline Sciamma was nominated for the 2008 César Award for Best Debut, and actresses Adèle Haenel and Louise Blachère were both nominated for the 2008 César Award for Most Promising Actress. Eventually the Best Debut award went to Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaudfor Persepolis, and the Award for Most Promising Actress went to Hafsia Herzi for her performance inLa Graine et le Mulet.The film was screened in November 2008 at the gay film festival Queersicht in Berne, Switzerland.
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